Clip



Feb. 15, 1938. w w. BROCK 2,108,473

CLIP

Filed Aug. 2'7, 1937 INVENTOR.

4 A TTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 15, 1938 CLIP Willie W. Brock, Winnfield, La., assignor of onc half to Pearl W. Luzader, Winnfield, La.

Application August 2'7,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a clip designed for use either as a clothes-pin, a paper holder, or similar device, one of the objects being to provide a structure of this character made entirely of resilient heavy wire and provided with simple and efi'icient means whereby the gripping members of the device will be held securely in position so that the engaged article cannot become accidently detached therefrom.

A further object is to provide a clip made up of opposed. jaw members each including a bare portion, there being a jaw pivotally mounted on one of the bare portions for engagement with the opposed bare portion thereby to lock the jaws against relative movement.

A further object is to provide means integral with the clip for holding the jaws against movement out of operative position, so that it will at all times be ready to drop into locking position.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed. V

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip, the jaws thereof being shown locked together.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the jaws unlocked.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the clip.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4, Figure 3, one of the positions of the clip and its locking jaws beingindicated by broken lines.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates an elongated wire loop constituting one of the jaws of the clip and each of the sides or arms of the loop is bent to provide an eye 2., The eyes are disposed beside each other but are spaced apart and extending upwardly from the eyes are fingers 3 one of which merges into a cross member 4 the end of which is interlocked with and secured to the end of the other finger 3 as indicated at 5.

A pivot pin 6 is supported in and extends between the eyes 2, the ends of this pin being offset as at 1 so as to prevent withdrawal of the'pin from the eyes. The pin serves as a means for engaging and supporting'eyes 8 which are integral with the sides or arms of an elongated loop 1937, Serial No. 161,331

9 constituting the other jaw of the clip. Fingers It are extended upwardly from the eyes 8 and one of them merges into a transverse portion II which is soldered or otherwise joined to the opposed finger as indicated at I2. This latter finger has an extension l3 which is extended toward the cross member 4 and is then extended upwardly as at 14 and finally merges into a transverse stop pin I5.

The dog forming the lock for the clip comprises a single length of wire bent to form an intermediate or abutment portion Hi from the ends of which are extended oppositely offset arms I! and I8 terminating in eyes which are rotatably mounted on the cross member 4 close to the ends thereof. Thus a substantially triangular gravity fastener is provided, it being noted that the stop pin l5 extends between the fingers I1 and I8 so as thus to limit the swinging movement of the stop.

It will be noted that the fingers 3 and ID are curved outwardly away from each other so that these fingers and their cross members 4 and II thus constitute grips whereby, when the clip is unfastened, the cross members can be pressed toward each other so as to move apart the jaws l and 9.

After the jaws have been opened as shown for example in Figure 1 and by broken lines in Figure 4, they are placed beside the object to be gripped which can be a clothes-line and a fabric or a piece of paper or anything else. After the clip has been thus located, the members 4 and II are released, the jaws l and 9 are pressed together, and the jaws It will swing downwardly by gravity back of the cross member H, as shown in Figure 1, thus preventing the members 4 and II from swinging toward each other and also preventing the jaws I and 9 from moving apart.

When it is desired to open the jaws, the looking member I6 is pulled upwardly from between the members I and II whereupon the jaws are released and the clip can be removed readily from the object engaged thereby.

What is claimed is:

1. A clip including opposed elongated loops constituting jaws, means for pivotally connecting the same, cross members joined to and movable with the respective jaws, a locking member pivotally mounted on one of the cross members for gravitation into position therebetween, when the jaws are brought together, and means carried by the other member for limiting the movement of the locking member.

2. A clip including elongated loops pivotally connected and constituting opposed jaws, fingers extending from the respective jaws at their pivots, cross members connecting the fingers, a gravity lock pivotally mounted on one of the cross members for movement into position between the members to hold the jaws against movement relative to each other when pressed together, and means extending from the other cross member for limiting the movement of the gravity lock. 7

3. A clip including elongated loops pivotally connected and constituting jaws, fingers extending from the loops at the pivots thereof, cross members connecting the fingers, a looped wire having its ends pivotally engaging one of the cross members, said wire having an intermediate portion for gravitation between the cross members to hold them against movement toward each other when the jaws are closed together, and means extending for limiting the swinging movement of said looped wire.

4. A clip including elongated loops constituting jaws and having eyes, a pivot pin extending through the eyes for connecting the jaws, fingers extending from the eyes, cross members connecting the fingers, a looped wire pivotally mounted on one of the cross members and constituting a gravity lock for movement between the cross members to hold them against movement toward each other when the jaws are pressed together, and a stop pin extending through the gravity lock and connected to one of the cross members for limiting the upward movement of the look from between said members.

WILLIE W. BROCK. 

